Obituaries

Carolyn Harold Hawkins Fix of Norman, Oklahoma was born on June 18, 1943 in Blackwell, Oklahoma to Harold Logan Hawkins and Mary Viola Dobbs Hawkins. She died at home with her family on November 27, 2023 after battling cancer. Carolyn grew up on a wheat farm in Tonkawa, Oklahoma and had many fond memories of her childhood when she learned to shoot a BB gun, use a slingshot, raise chickens and many litters of kittens who she liked to dress up and cart around in a baby buggy. Named after her father, Harold, she was the youngest of three girls. She loved her older sisters, Janice and Nancy, and was especially delighted when they began having children for her to dote on. She was very proud of her middle name and loved and admired her parents greatly.

Born in Wichita Falls, Tx October 15, 1941 Entered God’s loving embrace November 25, 2023 Clifford Wayne Hacker, age 82, passed from this life surrounded by family on November 25, 2023. He was a man known by many as a tough, West Texas dairy farmer; but those who knew and loved him best, knew that under the tough exterior, was a soft-hearted man who believed in working hard and loving harder. You only had to see the way he looked at his wife one time, to know that words could not adequately describe the love he felt for her. He was a family man at his core and nothing made him prouder than talking about his boys and their families. If you had a minute, you were going to hear a story or two about his family; and if you didn’t have a minute, you were going to hear one anyway. Clifford was a master storyteller and he loved to talk to anyone and everyone. His grandkids were a captive audience for his many tales about the past or just his thoughts on the present. He believed in hard work, grit, honesty, and self-reliance and he did his best to pass that on to the next generation or two. He was not shy about asking his boys and grandkids to put in work, but he also worked right beside them.

Carolyn Kay “Carol” Fair (Moore) was born October 21, 1943, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Orlan Hugh and Helen Louise Moore (Abernathy). She left this eaith October 26,2023, after celebrating her 80th birthday surrounded by family.

Patricia Ann Watkins, known affectionately as Patty Ann, Pat, and Grandma Pat, was born to Mildred and Ward Harris on June 8th, 1936, in Joplin, Missouri. She was the middle child with two brothers, Larry and Jack. Pat’s journey took her to Wichita, Kansas, where she attended high school, Emporia State Teacher College, and Wichita University.